Brain  Tumors  and
Other Diseases of the Central Nervous System
Cases  Correlating  Neuroimaging and  Neuropathology
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26/2/13
M. 27 yr.  Occipital aneurysmal bone cyst F. 17 yr.  Skull base chondroblastoma (temporal bone) 
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F. 64 yr.  Glioblastoma multiforme of pineal F. 56 yr.  Psammomatous meningioma of olfactory groove
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F. 52 yr.  B cell lymphoma of dura mater, occipital bone and soft tissues M. 61 yr. Skull base plasmacytoma (occipital and temporal bones) 
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20/12/12
F. 20 yr.  Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNT) of right superior frontal gyrus.  M. 13 yr. DNT of left pre-central gyrus 
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F. 68 yr.  Exophytic meningioma of lesser sphenoid wing with hyperostotic nodule at implantation M. 64 yr. Dermoid cyst  (mature teratoma) in cerebellar vermis + posterior fossa arachnoid cyst
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5/12/12
F. 64 yr.  Bifrontal desmoplastic ganglioglioma  above the corpus callosum with areas of central neurocytoma M. 30 yr. Hemangiopericytoma of tentorium cerebelli
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18/9/12
F. 43 yr.  Supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET). M. 25 yr.  Ganglioglioma exceptionally rich in eosinophilic granular bodies (EGBs)
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M. 58 yr. Basilar artery thrombosis in sickle cell disease M. 62 yr.  Progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy   (PML)
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14/8/12
M. 54 yr.  Cerebral histoplasmosis M. 44 yr. Oncocytoma (null cell adenoma) of  pituitary
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3/6/12
M. 68 yr.  Granular cell astrocytoma of brain. F. 20 yr. Epidural thoracic ganglioneuroblastoma
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26/3/12
F. 37 yr.  Intracranial solitary fibrous tumor developing multiple bone metastases 3 years after craniotomy Same case, vertebral metastasis at T11 with cord compression
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M. 21 yr.  Primary meningeal sarcoma with polyphenotypic antigen expression M. 51 yr. Secretory meningioma  at cerebello-pontine angle masquerading as  schwannoma on MRI
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M. 43 yr. Giant bilateral fronto-parietal 
meningioma  with hyperostosis and brain compression
M. 69 yr. Frontal meningioma  with hyperostosis and bone destruction. Pictured : ischemic necrosis of tumor and bone trabeculae
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17/2/12
F. 58 yr.  Giant cell glioblastoma with a component of conventional glioblastoma multiforme F. 45 yr. Left parietal ganglioglioma
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M. 12 yr. Small solid ganglioglioma of right insula F. 51 yr. Solid-cystic ganglioglioma of right temporal and occipital regions
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18/12/11
M. 24 yr.  Atypical central neurocytoma. 
Pictured : atypical mitosis
M. 35 yr. Classical central neurocytoma.
Pictured : dot positivity for chromogranin
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M. 28 yr. Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (SEGA) unassociated with tuberous sclerosis.  Pictured : MAP2 positive neuron-like cell  M. 26 yr.  Central neurocytoma. 
Pictured : GFAP-positive cell processes among negative tumor cells 
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F. 44 yr.  Ectopic invasive pituitary adenoma centered in sphenoid sinus, spilling into left nasal cavity. Normal sella turcica. 
Pictured : growth hormone positive tumor cells 
F. 54 yr. Cerebro-spinal sarcoidosis. 
Pictured : non-caseating epithelioid  and giant cell granulomas 
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11/11/11
M. 16 yr. Left frontal cavernoma, two-year followup. Pictured : MRI one year after first bleeding;  surgical specimen under stereomicroscope showing thrombi F. 28 yr. Cavernoma of right cingulate gyrus. Surgical specimen under stereomicroscope (external surface)
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M. 48 yr.  Primary necrotizing vasculitis of central nervous system.  M. 28 yr. Papillary craniopharyngioma
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F. 46 yr. Bilateral frontal gliomatosis cerebri involving genu of corpus callosum F. 42 yr. Centroencephalic diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
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18/9/11
F. 52 yr.  Anaplastic parietal ganglioglioma M. 55 yr. Frontal ganglioglioma with pilocytic glial component
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M. 52 yr.  Sinonasal neuroendocrine carcinoma M. 63 yr. Langerhans cell histiocytosis of orbit
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22/8/11
M. 70 yr.  Atypical meningioma with intra and extracranial growth replacing left side of frontal bone F. 63 yr. Giant meningioma of olfactory groove. Histologically, fibroblastic pattern with nuclear palisading mimicking schwannoma
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F. 57 yr. Meningioma en plaque of middle fossa infiltrating cavernous sinus and middle ear M. 60 yr. Metastatic melanoma in genu of corpus callosum mimicking butterfly glioma 
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M. 49 yr. Cerebellar abscess by the fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis M. 71 yr. Cerebellar abscess caused by Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (another case seen  one week after the previous one, Velpeau's law)
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11/6/11
M. 63 yr. Paracoccidioidomycoma of cerebellopontine angle  (pseudotumoral granuloma caused by the fungus Paracoccidioides brasiliensis) M. 38 yr.  Mucormycosis of nasal cavity, orbit and brain
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M. 42 yr. Primary extracerebral meningeal glioma F. 44 yr.  Tanycytic ependymoma of  lumbar spinal cord
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15/4/11
F. 9 yr. Supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) F. 71 yr. Extradural spinal leiomyoma
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M. 55 yr. Temporal pilocytic astrocytoma F. 66 yr. Pilocytic astrocytoma of cerebellar vermis in the 7th decade
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Updated  17/2/12 e-mails : gradanat@fcm.unicamp.br___gradanat@unicamp.br
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General and Special Pathology  Neuropathology and Neuroimaging Neuroimaging Basics Neuroimaging - Cases
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